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zer0spunk posted:on my list for sure, daytripper was my introduction to moon/ba and i def want to go through their work..my backlog is..uh..stupid frankly but i'll get there. i haven't had time to start umbrella academy (the show) and thats about to be on season 3..i'm reading more because of the pandemic and having free time for the first time in decades, but also buying and adding more then i ever have thanks to things i thought i wouldn't get a chance at magically all popping up this year I'm a huge fan of the brothers. Recently reread Umbrella Academy after watching the show and I think I like the show a bit better? They use the extra time well. I love Casanova, but it's a impressionistic. For a sci-fi story about alternate dimensions, it's strangely autobiographical for Matt Fraction (I highly recommend the deluxe editions for his essays). They're high on my reread pile right now. But both those titles are more bombastic than Two Brothers or Daytripper. Little off the beaten path, check out Moonshadow. https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3001-783/Moonshadow-HC
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Uthor posted:I'm a huge fan of the brothers. Recently reread Umbrella Academy after watching the show and I think I like the show a bit better? They use the extra time well. awesome, adding to my list haha i can't state my love for daytripper enough..i went into that blind so the framing device wasn't spoiled for me. i don't think i've ever followed the solicits for an absolute before and i was seriously worried when it vanished the last time...still can't believe it got an absolute, one of the few things DC did right
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I read it monthly, got to the end of the first issue and went, "wait, what?" So good.
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i got the missing volumes of mind mgmt in, finally completed all 6. weirdly volume 3 came without any plastic wrap from IST but volume 6 did..vol 5 also was wrapped but not the earlier volumes..wonder if thats just a year cut off where they decided hey lets protect these over at dark horse i haven't read it in a while so should be a cool re-read..i talked myself out of the monthlies when it was starting like a dummy
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zer0spunk posted:i got the missing volumes of mind mgmt in, finally completed all 6. weirdly volume 3 came without any plastic wrap from IST but volume 6 did..vol 5 also was wrapped but not the earlier volumes..wonder if thats just a year cut off where they decided hey lets protect these over at dark horse Shrink wrapped books could be such a headache. Especially when trying to sell books as "new" but they shipped bare and the buyer screams at you for selling a used copy as new.
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Rhyno posted:Shrink wrapped books could be such a headache. Especially when trying to sell books as "new" but they shipped bare and the buyer screams at you for selling a used copy as new. it kinda did the reverse, i bought the other 4 volumes from people as brand new and they were, so i was confused whyd you unseal the book and literally never even thumb through it to check it for damage at that point before shelving it..so now i just assume DH didn't seal 1-4 at retail before they even got it, makes sense. unless i'm wrong
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zer0spunk posted:it kinda did the reverse, i bought the other 4 volumes from people as brand new and they were, so i was confused whyd you unseal the book and literally never even thumb through it to check it for damage at that point before shelving it..so now i just assume DH didn't seal 1-4 at retail before they even got it, makes sense. unless i'm wrong They were very random about shrink wrap. Some of the Hellboy Library books came with it, some without. None of my BPRD Plague HCS came wrapped but the 5th volume was. Two out of five MOTU HCs were wrapped.
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Rhyno posted:They were very random about shrink wrap. Some of the Hellboy Library books came with it, some without. None of my BPRD Plague HCS came wrapped but the 5th volume was. Two out of five MOTU HCs were wrapped. hahahahaha just like what logo goes on the spine! oh dark horse, you character you. are they owned by a conglomerate at this point?
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I don't think so. There was also a full year where DC stopped wrapping books and damage reports sky rocketed.
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here's a weird one, i bought a copy of a book that is alt takes on movie posters on a recommendation from a friend and it is, in fact, awesome. i got it new off ebay for under cover, 34 i think, and i just relaxed the spine opened the first page and it looks to be signed...nothing about being signed on the listing..trying to find any pictures of that title page so i know i'm not crazy, but it looks like a sharpie signature not a printed repro NM not that exciting, except now I shoulda got it from him direct cuz it's even cheaper.. Too bad I already ordered both volumes haha damnit Sick book though! 
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zer0spunk posted:here's a weird one, i bought a copy of a book that is alt takes on movie posters on a recommendation from a friend and it is, in fact, awesome. i got it new off ebay for under cover, 34 i think, and i just relaxed the spine opened the first page and it looks to be signed...nothing about being signed on the listing..trying to find any pictures of that title page so i know i'm not crazy, but it looks like a sharpie signature not a printed repro I've had that happen a few times. My copy of Dangerous Visions came with a Harlan Ellison signature. My favorite was when I bought Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and I saw a copy was available from a Baltimore Goodwill. I had to go with that and of course it was signed by David Simon.
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Random Stranger posted:I've had that happen a few times. My copy of Dangerous Visions came with a Harlan Ellison signature. My favorite was when I bought Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and I saw a copy was available from a Baltimore Goodwill. I had to go with that and of course it was signed by David Simon.
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zer0spunk posted:here's a weird one, i bought a copy of a book that is alt takes on movie posters on a recommendation from a friend and it is, in fact, awesome. i got it new off ebay for under cover, 34 i think, and i just relaxed the spine opened the first page and it looks to be signed...nothing about being signed on the listing..trying to find any pictures of that title page so i know i'm not crazy, but it looks like a sharpie signature not a printed repro Hey, I know that book!   I was sitting at my friend's table in artist alley at a Wizard World in Chicago and they had a table across from us. Picked it up on a whim after staring at it for a few hours. Pretty sure he signed it in front of me. Didn't know there was a 2nd volume.
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Uthor posted:Hey, I know that book! Yeah I'm glad I went for it, it's a killer book (and i'm sure volume 1 is too, wonder if that one is signed or not from amazon..doubtful). I got these and the mondo hardcover that's bascially the same deal but mondo artists instead. I think there's even more alt poster books but these three are probably more then enough
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So I guess the Captain Britain omnibus is super rare? I should sell that
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Rhyno posted:So I guess the Captain Britain omnibus is super rare? I should sell that cuz of moore as far as i can tell
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Uthor posted:I'm a huge fan of the brothers. Recently reread Umbrella Academy after watching the show and I think I like the show a bit better? They use the extra time well. IST is doing thier black Friday thing so I blind bought Casanova cuz of you (looks sick, excited) and picked up the two larger sex criminals volumes since that just finished up and I'm guessing the final one will come after the last tpb out this week. Whole Lotta fraction coming, I rarely buy a series before checking it out but I trust y'all (series I now have coming that I'm starting blind: paper girls, Casanova, sex criminals and incognito) And I finally bit the bullet and paid the markup for the Rachel rising omni hardcover. I had this weird feeling echo was getting a reprint when it hits the 10 year mark in 2021, which meant waiting for RR would be a while. Grumble grumble Still sealed and when I mentioned I was excited to read it (I still have a few issues left) the seller immediately hit me with a oh the softcover version is cheap though haha. I'd like to think they winced at me opening the seal.. (was it one of you, fess up) Ooo and CGN had a small Wolverine volume 1 restock so I bought my first marvel omni. Feels weird zer0spunk fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Nov 25, 2020 |
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zer0spunk posted:IST is doing thier black Friday thing so I blind bought Casanova cuz of you (looks sick, excited) and picked up the two larger sex criminals volumes since that just finished up and I'm guessing the final one will come after the last tpb out this week. I'm a huge fan of Paper Girls, Sex Criminals, and Incognito. I hope you like those as much as I did!
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Really impressed by this custom binding job some dude did for Black Cat Vol.1 https://twitter.com/TalfourdBob/status/1331924681000103937?s=19
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That is legit, I hope there's a BC omnibus someday. Two very rare MOTU books from dark horse popped up from a seller on Amazon for below cover price. They have a few bad feedbacks but I rolled the dice since normally they command $200+ each. Even if they're dinged ill be happy to have them in my collection.
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Rhyno posted:That is legit, I hope there's a BC omnibus someday. Nice! I've had pretty good luck so far with Amazon market. So far the only issue is getting the wrong book from a seller who took the time to tell me their packages survived Afghanistan so "I think they'll do fine with the rigors of Brooklyn" 🙄 Sassy! And yet sent the wrong book
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zer0spunk posted:Nice! I've had pretty good luck so far with Amazon market. Yeah I've had good luck overall even with sellers with poor feedback. I scored the stupid rare Shadowman Vol.1 HC for below cover price from a seller who clearly didn't do their research.
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I managed to get Absolute Sandman vol 3 for £72.80, which is a fairly good price given it seems to be out of print. It's annoyingly much more than the sub £48 I'd paid for each of vol 1 and vol 2 though. 4 and 5 are closer to those two in price though so I should be able to finish the set.
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zer0spunk posted:IST is doing thier black Friday thing Is this on now because I don't see any indications of a BF sale?
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GrandpaPants posted:Is this on now because I don't see any indications of a BF sale? checking it now it looks like its back to 42 + 2% loyalty if you already ordered, but it was 47% off for a while there..it was limited to things in the 40% discount range but that was a good chunk of my wishlist so i went for it
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frameset posted:I managed to get Absolute Sandman vol 3 for £72.80, which is a fairly good price given it seems to be out of print. It's annoyingly much more than the sub £48 I'd paid for each of vol 1 and vol 2 though. 4 and 5 are closer to those two in price though so I should be able to finish the set. huh, i thought sandman was one of those sets that always got a reprint because of how well it sells..interesting. which logo is on the spine
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Really impressed by this custom binding job some dude did for Black Cat Vol.1 These looks so good (I also saw some of the other custom binds on your Twitter)! If it weren't for the fact that collecting HCs is already a fairly expensive hobby I would love to get into custom bindings. There are about a hundred issues of Cable sitting in my closet that I would love to collect in two or three fancy books.  There also aren't any really good custom binding services near me. I see pictures on Reddit of custom HCs with specially made embossing, and I don't think I could get that done anywhere close to me.
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zer0spunk posted:huh, i thought sandman was one of those sets that always got a reprint because of how well it sells..interesting. which logo is on the spine Yeah me too, which is why I got some sticker shock when I went to buy V3. My totally unsubstantiated theory is that they are letting this run sell out before switching to Black Label. The ones in the UK market are all Vertigo.
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zer0spunk posted:checking it now it looks like its back to 42 + 2% loyalty if you already ordered, but it was 47% off for a while there..it was limited to things in the 40% discount range but that was a good chunk of my wishlist so i went for it i still see stuff at 45% actually, so..idk, look around, i think new releases aren't on sale..i def have some stuff at 47% in my cart right now
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JordanKai posted:These looks so good (I also saw some of the other custom binds on your Twitter)! If it weren't for the fact that collecting HCs is already a fairly expensive hobby I would love to get into custom bindings. There are about a hundred issues of Cable sitting in my closet that I would love to collect in two or three fancy books. That bound Marshal Law collection was amazing.
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JordanKai posted:These looks so good (I also saw some of the other custom binds on your Twitter)! If it weren't for the fact that collecting HCs is already a fairly expensive hobby I would love to get into custom bindings. There are about a hundred issues of Cable sitting in my closet that I would love to collect in two or three fancy books. I think the vast majority of comic binders use either Houchen or Herring & Robinson, and they send their comics off in the mail and get the hardcovers mailed back. https://www.houchenbindery.com/services/comic-books/ http://www.herringandrobinsonbookbinders.com/html/comic_books.html Herring & Robinson already has a lot of those custom stamp dies made, so it would be much easier and cheaper to pick from their existing ones: http://www.herringandrobinsonbookbinders.com/html/custom_stamp_dies.html
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frameset posted:Yeah me too, which is why I got some sticker shock when I went to buy V3. My totally unsubstantiated theory is that they are letting this run sell out before switching to Black Label. The ones in the UK market are all Vertigo. makes sense. i think if anyone is trying to find oop stuff in this set there's no chance it doesn't get a black label new printing, especially with a looming netflix show. def don't pay above cover if you don't mind waiting
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I think the vast majority of comic binders use either Houchen or Herring & Robinson, and they send their comics off in the mail and get the hardcovers mailed back. I don't live in the USA, so this isn't much use to me! 
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JordanKai posted:I don't live in the USA, so this isn't much use to me! I had no idea and meant no offense! Where do you live?
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I had no idea and meant no offense! Where do you live? No worries, you didn't offend me!  I live in the Netherlands--small country, so even taking the whole thing into consideration I only have a handful of options for custom bindings, haha.
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Tried to buy my first cgc slab and had such a contrast from buying a collected edition from someone at the same time. The book was kill or be killed deluxe, guy read it once but as far as I could tell book was in good shape, we looked at the sold prices.. 75 sealed and open copies averaging 50 (cover) so we landed on 55. Got the book, easy peasy smooth all around. Saw a slab on ebay for 60 + 13, 9.8 of a 2002 book. The sold value of book was between 3-5 max at NM not in a slab. Aka not a rare book, not a signed book, standard cover, direct market version. The slab was listed for a month at this point with buy it now or b/o, I shot the guy 45 cuz the 13 dollar shopping offsets things in my mind, get a counter offer for 50 at 2am Laugh that five dollars cost the sale and decline, buy a 3 dollar NM from a comic store instead. Reminds me why I don't do singles
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